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Microsoft's $14B Bet Fuels OpenAI's AI Dominance

11/2/2025

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Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, praised Microsoft for its early investment enabling OpenAI to lead AI development.
Microsoft invested about $13–14 billion since 2019, securing a 27% stake valued at $135 billion.
Microsoft obtained exclusive rights to OpenAI's intellectual property and Azure API access until artificial general intelligence is verified.
OpenAI posted an $11.5 billion loss last quarter as most of its 800 million users access the service for free.

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Sam Altman, OpenAI CEO, praised Microsoft for its early investment enabling OpenAI to lead AI development.
Microsoft invested about $13–14 billion since 2019, securing a 27% stake valued at $135 billion.
Microsoft obtained exclusive rights to OpenAI's intellectual property and Azure API access until artificial general intelligence is verified.
OpenAI posted an $11.5 billion loss last quarter as most of its 800 million users access the service for free.